Pikachu I choose you! (Pokemon Yellow - Special Pikachu Edition (GB))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Pokemon Yellow - Special Pikachu Edition (GB)
Date:	15/08/09 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: Follows the TV show more closely, more colourful

Disadvantages: Not much new content if you have played Red or Blue.

Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition is a role playing game for the Nintendo Gameboy.

The storyline is basically the same as the Red and Blue versions of the game. A young boy becomes a Pokemon trainer and journeys the land of Kanto to collect all of the Gym badges and become able to challenge the Elite Four and become a Pokemon master. It is however more closely related to the plotline of the TV show as your character receives a Pikachu as a starting Pokemon like the shows main character Ash.

The gameplay is identical to its predecessors and offers excellent monster battling, each of your Pokemon can learn up to four moves and at certain levels your Pokemon will evolve into new more powerful and rarer forms. With up to 150 of these creatures to capture and tame you will never be short of things to do.

Travelling the world is fun with many places to visit, cities, towns, museums, forests, ancient ruins all await you and your team of Pokemon to explore.

Some nice features about Yellow include your Pikachu who doesn't like to travel in his Pokeball like the one in the show and you can talk to your Pikachu who will show you his mood which is a nice touch. Team Rocket also comprises of the shows characters Jessie James and Meowth and you can also capture the three starter Pokemon, just like in the show!

Graphics have remained the same apart but do include an expanded colour palette which supports the Gameboy Colour, though the game is a standard Gameboy title. There are also a couple of sound bites from the shows Pikachu character.

If you are a fan of the show prepare to go on another journey through the world of Pokemon, the extras don't really change the gameplay to much but the fans will appreciate the small touches that make the game mimic the storyline of the show.

Summary: A great adventure.